Wildfire risk is one of the top risks faced by electric utilities today. Fire season is year-round.  California and the West have experienced a dramatic increase in the number and intensity of wildfires. And now, utilities across North America realize they must have a fire mitigation plan. Regulators, investors, the insurance industry, and customers expect a wildfire mitigation plan as a best practice. They all demand a safer and more resilient T&D system.  

Explore these new fire mitigation plans with four utilities — SDG&E, Arizona Public Service, Oncor, and National Grid — that are leading the industry in the identification and location of wildfires. Learn the costs and benefits of new fire mitigation strategies like sensor systems, satellites, cameras, covered conductors, strategic undergrounding, and public safety power shutoff. Learn how AI is adding value to massive amounts of raw data coming from transmission and distribution rights of way at the grid edge.

Discover the challenges of planning, permitting, and executing these immediate and long-term initiatives from proactive utilities directly engaged in increasingly detailed wildfire mitigation programs.